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Another classic rule of thumb for logo design is if you can pop one out a day, your not designing. It takes time to research and industry, the competition, current color schemes, current logos, etc... Not saying you do this, or pop them out at will, but thought I would post this up. Good...

My biggest problem so far is the drop shadow under the circle. The best rule of thumb for logos bar none is this: "If you can't render the image in plain black and white, the logo will never be successful." Just old school theory, but it still drives great logo design.

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Well, if I had to choose a side, it would be to use Illustrator. And simply link rather than embed to raster elements to keep the file size manageable. That has been our method up til now. As far as effects in Illustrator, I try to not do that, but do them in PS and again simply link to the...

yeah same here.. again I am just checking the waters out there for easier ways. Especially if we bring new people to the company, I want to have an easier way for these print ready files to get done.

So if I am very proficient with Photoshop, it sounds like this will be a time saver. It is selling for less then 400 now, but I am think I should wait a couple months to see what the owners do with it?

I just was hoping that it helped with making "print ready" files easier. We normally do it in Illustrator, but I can see how it could go quicker using software like BadWraps. Anyway, thanks for the feedback...

Hi everyone... A little about myself... My name is Mike, I own Visual Impact LLC since 2008. Very small shop, but I'm growing. I have been working with the Gold pack from Fellers (Mutoh 1614, Seal ProS Laminator, Graphtec Cutter 64", and Wasatch) to start with, but now have transitioned to the...

Thanks Old Paint, I use to have a very nice one, however it went down. They cost anywhere from 10 - 20 k for a decent one. I would charge around 4.00/sqft to scan. Which adds up quickly for architects and designer to digitize their color work. 24x36 - $24.00 x 10 originals = $240.00 for about...

Yeah I pretty much agree with this. I mean occasionally I'll get an agency job, and those work out well in my past experience. However, to get a private company that doesn't know what they want, seems for me at least to be more of a headache. I suppose if you are churning out 3 or 4 a month or...

gotcha thanks! was it a good idea and just fell short? Any details, as I said I tried to search this forum for "bad wraps" and nothing really came up. So anyway, thanks for the info...

For me, we backed off vehicle wraps because interior signage picked up so much. One of our problems is our clients usually want wraps that are so involved design wise, I was wondering if BadWraps would speed up the "print ready" files process. Thoughts?

Anyone see this blog post by new Bad Wrap ownership? http://thebadwrap.com/blog/2012/01/13/top-3-complaints-we-have-heard-about-the-bad-wrap/#comment-12 I have never used the product as we just use Illustrator and traditional black/white templates. I looked around on this site and didn't find...

So my name is Mike, and I started my business beginning at 2008. Before that I worked for various companies in the same industry. I currently am at the same stage I was in when I started. I didn't have the money to start huge, and I have a small loyal client base that keeps me busy. However I...

airborn, something I have noticed on my unit is if I am doing long runs I now am afraid to walk away. When I do, I always come back to one of the heads banding. It is SO DAMN frustrating, but such is life I guess. Hope you get it worked out.

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Well fortunately, I only have to design a fraction of my work. I tend to take on work that is already designed by agency or corporation. So for example, the LKN banner, that was one out of four banners, and 3 to 400 signs for the race I had to turn around in 3 days. I got a great referral from...

problem is the oiliness never dries, even after days. I wouldn't risk the cost of the lam to experiment, you know? For the record, I don't know why the oil is showing up, condensation is simply one thing on the table at this point.

Some of my work...

Edit, sorry I posted the wrong link! Try this OCE paper... I run the heck out of it a few times a year for a national restaurant chain, and they love it. http://www.westnc.com/hpstrsol%20outdoor%20specs.pdf